Road to AI Engineer Sydney
Homebrew Agents Club, AI Engineering Nights and Unconferences, running across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in the lead up to AI Engineer Sydney.
All free, fully catered and fantastic.
Pick your city below to see what's on near you. For each stop you can add it to your calendar and let us know you're coming — that's what gets you the reminder emails and the details as they firm up.
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Find your city
Filter the timeline to Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane — or see the whole series.
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Add it to your calendar
Google, Outlook or a plain .ics file for Apple Calendar and everything else.
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RSVP
Let us know you’re coming so we can keep you posted if anything changes.
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Stop 01Tuesday, August 4
Homebrew Agents Club
Blackwattle Bar & Brewery, Alexandria · 6:00 – 8:30pmThe monthly night for people actually building with agents — bring a demo, or just come argue about frameworks. Food and drinks are on us all evening.
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Stop 02Wednesday, August 26
AI Engineering Night
Blackwattle Bar & Brewery · 6:00 – 9:00pmTalks, demos and the best AI engineering conversation you'll have in a pub this month — first of three in Sydney. Dinner and drinks are our shout.
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Stop 03Tuesday, September 1
Homebrew Agents Club
Blackwattle Bar & Brewery · 6:00 – 8:30pmSame relaxed Homebrew format — a couple of short demos from people building things right now, and plenty of time to talk either side. We’ll keep the food and drinks coming all night.
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Stop 04Wednesday, September 16
AI Engineering Night
Stone & Chalk, with MLAI · 6:00 – 9:00pmMelbourne's own AI Engineering Night, run together with MLAI — talks, demos, and a room full of people building real things. Come hungry: dinner's on us.
Missed this one? Why not RSVP for our October 21 event now?
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Stop 05Tuesday, October 6
Homebrew Agents Club
Blackwattle Bar & Brewery · 6:00 – 8:30pmHomebrew's back for another month — an informal night for anyone deep in agent-building to swap notes over a drink. Food and drinks are on the house.
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Stop 06October 2026 · Date TBC
AI Engineering Night
Venue to be announced · 6:00 – 9:00pmBrisbane's turn for an AI Engineering Night — talks, demos and drinks. We’re confirming the October date and venue now. Food and drinks are our treat.
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Stop 07Wednesday, October 21
AI Engineering Night
Blackwattle Bar & Brewery · 6:00 – 9:00pmThree days before the Unconference — come to one, or make a weekend of both. Talks, demos, and food and drinks on us either way.
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Stop 08Saturday, October 24
Unconference
Blackwattle Bar & Brewery · 10:00am – 4:00pmA full day, no fixed agenda — sessions get proposed and voted on by whoever shows up. Lunch and drinks are covered all day.
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Stop 09Thursday, October 29
AI Engineering Night
Stone & Chalk, with MLAI · 6:00 – 9:00pmBack to Stone & Chalk for Melbourne’s second Night, again with MLAI — more talks, more demos, and the usual food and drinks on us.
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Stop 10Saturday, October 31
Unconference
Stone & Chalk, with MLAI · 10:00am – 4:00pmMelbourne’s own Unconference — a full day, no fixed agenda, sessions proposed and voted on by whoever shows up. Lunch and drinks are covered all day.
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Stop 11Tuesday, November 10
Homebrew Agents Club
Blackwattle Bar & Brewery · 6:00 – 8:30pmThe last Homebrew before the conference itself — same easy format, one more chance to compare notes before December. Food and drinks are on us, as they’ve been all series.
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Stop 12Wednesday, November 18
AI Engineering Night
Blackwattle Bar & Brewery · 6:00 – 9:00pmThe last Sydney Night before the conference itself — one final round of talks and demos before we all head into December. Food and drinks on us — the last shout before the big one.
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Stop 13Friday 4 & Saturday 5 December
Hackathon
Stone & Chalk · Friday evening & all day SaturdayBuild with the community, then take it to the world stage: finalists pitch at AI Engineer Sydney on Monday 7 December.
Every road leads here.
Two days, three tracks — AI Engineering, SWE and agentic coding, AI Leadership — plus the hallway track that made Melbourne sell out. Free Hackathon Dec 4 & 5. Workshop Day Dec 9.